Volunteer at an orphans school in Kenya

2015

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5 dollars per day

Description

We are a Community based organization was born after me and my wife training in Special needs education to help kids with visual problems. It is one year old organization with the following main objectives.
1. To help this poor vulnerable kids with visual problems access education.
2. to buy land and build a home, special school, health care facility, a home for aged and for orphans with the above needs and those without those needs
3. start a health care facility that will cater for the welfare of the OVCs
4. to start entrepreneurship training for the poor community dwellers to help foster this OVCs
5. to start a micro loan funds to help economically empower the community
6. To train the community on Health, hygiene, safe water and sanitation program
7. Train the community on modern farming methods.
8. Get involved in environmental conservation and fish farming

Help

we are looking for short term/ holidays makers/ interns to come and help us with teaching, social work, farming, fund raising, web building, administration, work in our small clinic for 5 hours daily 5 days a week.

Languages spoken

English, French, Swahili

Accommodation

We have a home stay arrangements in my house. We have space with double deck beds enough for four volunteers at ago. we have pit latrine and one modern toilet for those who doesn't like new African experience with the pit latrine.

What else ...

We are Christians but accept volunteers who are either christian or not as long as they will not interfere with our faith. Volunteers are free to come with us in the church on Sunday or use their weekends for their leisure or tours.
We give free food but we charge accommodations us$5 per day. They will live with my family ans learn our culture.

A little more information

Internet access

Limited internet access

We have pets

We are smokers

Volunteering hours expected

5 hours daily

Photos

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Host ref number: 6611781384d1

Feedback left by and about host

by RAFA

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by Thomas Bernd

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[28/01/2012]

I was fortunate to volunteer here for more than two months in 2011. It was a wonderful experience among passionate, wise and hardworking co-workers and supervisors who turned into cherished friends. The students are so eager to learn and creative that you wake up with a smile in the morning looking forward to working with them.
The teachers, the...read more community and the family are so helpful and friendly, I really miss you guys a lot!

It was good having Thomas in our community and living in my home with my family. He was so helpful to the community and refused to eat lunches in the community school and donated to the orphans. He is such a passionate young man that I admire to associate with you. He was able to donate books, funds, and entertained students and always giving then...read more incentives whenever they performed well in his exam we will miss you Thomas

by Brooke

(Excellent)

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[25/08/2011]

Unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to volunteer here, but I was to visit for day and had a great experience meeting Peter and the other staff and talking with the kids. If I were to return to Kenya I would definitely consider coming back to volunteer with them.

Thank you Brook, your one hour visit to our project was a great help. You are indeed a teacher, you were able to pull attention of the Kids to yourself and you were not offended by the questions they were asking you as you were able to know that they are suffering pain of loosing parents and are vulnerable and have so many questions that needs...read more answers. We will love to receive you here next time as you are a teacher by profession and your coming will mean a lot to us

by rikke

(Excellent)

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[11/07/2011]

If you want to work in charity projects with someone clever, happy, and the best co-workers… go here!
They have so little but will give you so much back, never experienced so much love and happiness in one place ..
Already looking forward to go back.!! :-)

Thank you Rikke for coming in our community and being a big help to us. Thank you for sacrificing your time, talent, funds to help this most vulnerable orphans in the slums of Nairobi Kenya. Thank you so much